Business Development Manager - Bathroom Brassware

Mitchell Maguire; Swindon; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sales consultancy firm in the bathroom industry is seeking an Area Sales Manager to cover the South region. The role involves driving new business, managing existing client relationships with plumbing and heating merchants, and achieving revenue growth. The ideal candidate should have a solid background in field sales within the bathroom sector, with a strong new business development focus. A competitive salary range of £50,000-£55,000 plus uncapped commissions is offered, along with benefits including a fully expensed EV.

Benefits

Fully expensed EV

Benefits Package

Qualifications

• Proven track record of field sales from within the bathroom industry.
• New business hunter mentality.
• Demonstrable track record of selling into the housebuilder market.
• Ideally with contacts within the Housebuilder community.
• Leader rather than follower personality, prepared to challenge the MD.
• Self motivated.

Responsibilities

• Field sales position, promoting a distributed range of bathroom taps, showers, accessories and fittings.
• New business development.
• Targeting regional housebuilders and smaller builders and private developers.
• Manage relationships with plumbing and heating merchants.
• Conduct 3-4 client meetings per day.
• Grow the area to approx. £750,000 in 2026.

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Area Sales Manager - Bathroom Brassware. Industry Sector: Housebuilder, Housing Developer, KBB, Bathrooms, Bathroom Taps, Brassware, Showers, Sanitaryware, Tapware, Housebuilders, Regional Builders, Private Developers, Plumbing & Heating Merchants. Area to be covered: South. Remuneration: £50,000-£55,000 Neg. + £7,000-£8,000 Uncapped Commission. Benefits: Fully expensed EV & Benefits Package.

Responsibilities

• Field sales position, promoting a distributed range of bathroom taps, showers, accessories and fittings
• New business development
• Targeting regional housebuilders and smaller builders and private developers
• Manage relationships with plumbing and heating merchants (housebuilders buy from the plumbing and heating merchants)
• Own network of contacts with the housebuilder community, with a small number of leads provided
• Conduct 3-4 client meetings per day
• Inheriting an area with a turnover of circa £500,000 and access to some established plumbing and heating merchant customer accounts
• Grow the area to approx. £750,000 in 2026
• Project sizes vary, e.g. 500 units into a national Housebuilder at circa £100-£250 per bathroom

Ideal applicant

• Proven track record of field sales from within the bathroom industry
• New business hunter mentality
• Demonstrable track record of selling into the housebuilder market
• Ideally with contacts within the Housebuilder community
• Leader rather than follower personality, prepared to challenge the MD (not a yes person)
• Self motivated

The Company

• Established 30 years+
• £17m turnover
• Privately held
• Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Field Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Field Sales Jobs, Construction field sales vacancies and Specification field sales positions within: Housebuilder, Housing Developer, KBB, Bathrooms, Bathroom Taps, Brassware, Showers, Sanitaryware, Tapware, Housebuilders, Regional Builders, Private Developers, Plumbing & Heating Merchants